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Hasbro Ghost Gun

I got to spend one afternoon with the Ghost gun’s brother “the Moving Monster Gun” when I was ten and i remember how smitten i was with this toy. Bonus shot: Here’s the Ghost gun at retail way back in 1974. We have a PodCast! It’s fun, please listen. Check out our Instagram for more stuff […]

The Traveler

Hope this traveler has his passport cause he’s about to embark on an all expenses paid trip to Panty-Land. We have a PodCast! It’s fun, please listen. Check out our Instagram for more stuff like this blog. Get the expanded digital edition of Rack Toys here.

Shark! by Ben Cooper

When Jaws hit pop culture like a runaway train, licensors lined up to cash in. The only problem? Any toy company can make a shark toy and boy howdy did they. This particular one by Ben Cooper just goes above and beyond by including a victim, a scared victim! Man, I know that face, I […]

Pod Stallions 66: Vincent Price

As Halloween month is upon us, J & B discuss the official spokesperson of horror during our childhood, Vincent Price. We jump around on Price’s amazing career including his days at Universal studios until we talk about his features and his amazing career on television and music. Topics covered include I am Legend, Hilarious House of […]

It’s a Sweater! It’s a Jacket! It’s the TOP

“Space Dads” was a failed Gerry Anderson/Sid and Marty Krofft co-production in 1977 that starred Stuart Whitman as the leader of a band middle-aged astronauts seeking a planet where they could have extra-marital affairs. Considered unwatchable, all known episodes were rounded up and destroyed. Many say it was a wise move, others totally agree. We […]

Creepy Crawler Thingmaker 2

When this set came out, I begged for it but my folks, they were impossible to talk into this sort of item, they wore me out.  Flash forward to me being 16 and finding a dusty, unsold one in the back of a Toronto variety store. Money left my wallet pretty fast and I raced home […]

Official Planet of the Apes Prison Wagon

Like clockwork, just as my birthday rolls around, an excuse to do something terribly irresponsible with my money comes with it. This year it was this, one of my “top five” rack toy and Planet of the apes wants.  The reason you ask? Well, let me lay it out for you, first off, it’s a […]

The Unmistakable Signature of Eleganza!

And by signature, we mean distinct lines, tasteful trim and an aftershave musk so powerful that everyone in the room can immediately taste it. We have a PodCast! It’s fun, please listen. Check out our Instagram for more stuff like this blog. Get the expanded digital edition of Rack Toys here.

Coolest Rack Toy Ever?

I don’t know about you all but I really want to see James Bond and Napoleon Solo team up with the Space Giants and how this all related to a flute/flashlight. We have a PodCast! It’s fun, please listen. Check out our Instagram for more stuff like this blog. Get the expanded digital edition of Rack […]

Star Wars Action Favorites!

Even though I wasn’t really into Return of the Jedi as a kid, I did love that Kenner was still putting out the original 12 figures during that period. It was like running into old friends… We have a PodCast! It’s fun, please listen. Check out our Instagram for more stuff like this blog. Get the […]